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Courage of Famous Failures - Inspirational. Carol Dweck: The power of believing that you can improve. The impact of mindset on student aggression and behavior - Growth Mindset Blog & Newsletter. My former student David Yeager and I have been very concerned about violence in school.

The problem in high school gets worse.
Changing the world of Autism. School . Middle School. Teachers in middle school often view their students as young adults.

Birmingham Grid for Learning - Multiple Intelligences (Secondary)
Why it is important to build a large vocabulary and how eSpindle helps via vocabulary tutoring.
”Why do large vocabularies characterize executives and possibly outstanding men and women in their fields?”

Asked Johnson O’Connor, who researched how talent and learning affect performance. ”The final answer seems to be that words are the instruments by means of which men and women grasp the thoughts of others and with which they do much of their own thinking. They are the tools of thought.” O’Connor was one of the first to discover that a person’s vocabulary level was the best single predictor of occupational success in every area. Research shows that the ability to acquire vocabulary is available to everyone, regardless of their current vocabulary level or age. We now know that intelligence can improve drastically through ongoing tutoring. In the professional and private life success is often determined by one’s ability to present ideas, both orally and in written form. A powerful vocabulary is the single most important determinant for academic achievement and success in life.
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What Do All Babies Need Yet Aren't Getting Equally?
To break the cycle of poverty, young children need something that’s as free and abundant as air.

An extraordinary program is giving it to them. Russ and Reyn for Reader’s Digest Babies need a few basic things to get started: mother’s milk, or something like it; love, attention, and playtime; clean clothes; and a safe place to sleep. All over the world, high- or low-income, desert or forest, high-rise or countryside, doting parents give their babies these essentials.
Top 3 Reasons to Improve Your Vocabulary - Litemind. Developing a great vocabulary is one of the most overlooked ways to improve our lives.

It is often believed that learning many words is only useful for writers and speakers, but the truth is that everyone benefits from it, both personally and professionally. Vocabulary Sharpens Your Communication Contrary to what some people believe, the point of having a good vocabulary is not to use fancy, arcane or complicated words to impress or confuse other people. In order to be effective, communication has to be simple. What’s the point in learning so many new words?

Inventions By Kids. Did you know that the popsicle, ear muffs AND the trampoline were invented by kids?

And, more than a few kids have become rich off of their inventions before they even graduated high school. “Kids are natural innovators,” said Jon Dudas, who used to work for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office but is now the president of FIRST, an organization designed to help foster innovations by kids in science and technology. One of the youngest inventors, Dudas recalls, was just two. “Her parents had sort of sectioned off a place where she couldn’t open the cabinet doors.

Fingerless gloves, glove-liners, Tubies, and so much more!
About KK Gregory, Inventor of Wristies® How did it all begin?

On a cold and snowy winter's day, 10 year old KK Gregory was out building a snow fort when her wrists started to hurt because they were cold and wet. She remedied the problem by inventing Wristies, and wore them under her coat and mittens. She tested the invention with her scout troop who encouraged her to make more. She applied for a patent, trademarked the name, and started a company!
Snap Caps® Invented by 5th Grade Student! - Inventive Kids – Have Fun With Invention and Creativity. Have you heard the saying “If you can’t find it build it”?

Well, that’s what 5th grader Maddie Bradshaw of Texas, United States did when she couldn’t find fun magnets for her school locker. Her uncle gave her a bag of bottle caps, and Maddie went to work. She decorated the inside of one bottle cap with a picture of Albert Einstein and then put it in her locker. Her friends loved it and asked her to make some for them. Maddie says,” A kid knows what a kid likes.”
Full Frame - Education Week. SAJANPURA VILLAGE, India (AP) — It’s a watery journey to school for 61 teenagers in part of western India.

If they want to learn, they have no choice but to cross the Heran River. The trek, about 50 feet through shoulder-deep waters and then a three-mile walk, is the only practical route to their high school.
Ask Carly - By Carly Fleishmann. Ask Carly By: Carly Fleischmann My name is Carly Fleischmann and for as long as I can remember I’ve been diagnosed with autism.

I am not able to talk with my mouth, however I have found another way to communicate, by spelling on my computer. I used to think I was the only kid with autism who communicates by spelling but last year I met a group of kids that communicate the same way. In fact some are even faster at typing than I am.
Communication Barriers. Teen's Brilliant Invention Could Save Kids From Hot Car Tragedies.

This 15-Year-Old Invented A Way To Charge Your Phone With Your Shoes. There's nothing quite as annoying -- or panic-inducing -- as having a dying phone battery with no charger in sight. But thanks to one 15-year-old whiz kid, that problem might soon be solved. Filipino teen Angelo Casimiro has invented a special kind of footwear that can generate electricity simply by walking. By doing so, it can charge small battery-operated devices like smartphones.

"The average human takes 7,000 steps a day. So I asked myself, 'Maybe it's possible to harvest electricity through our footsteps. Watch Casimiro describe his project above. According to InterAksyon.com, one of Casimiro's experiments gave his phone 10 minutes of battery power by playing basketball for two hours straight. "I'm a Filipino. [Elite Daily] Follow HuffPost Teen on Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr |
Teen Creates Awesome Science Project That Could Help Stop Cyberbullying.